Congress leaders rallied behind DK Shivakumar after Siddaramaiah’s Bengaluru meeting triggered strong indications of a leadership transition in Karnataka.
Former CM Basavaraj Bommai warns that Karnataka’s new budget is pushing the state toward debt and stalling progress. He also raised concerns over insufficient funding for irrigation, health.
Embarrassed by the one-man commission's failure to find evidence supporting the 40 percent commission allegations against former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, the Karnataka government on Friday announced a fresh probe and constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to re-examine the charges.
He said that the government has become "a U-turn expert".
On Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s comment that “our own people are our enemies”, the former Chief Minister said Siddaramaiah realised it late.
He claimed further that the erstwhile government was neck-deep in corruption and indulged in many corrupt practices, ranging from recruitment scams to similar irregularities in education.
Shettar, who resigned as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA on Sunday, said he was yet to decide whether he would join the Congress
On various leaders who quit the BJP, Bommai said changing the parties has become very common in politics.
With Karnataka Assembly elections scheduled to be held next month, the ruling BJP will hold its Central Election Committee meeting on Sunday
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's visits to the state do not have any effect.
